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COIN
Unique ID: BUC-E61130
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy nummus of Crispus (AD 317-26), dating to AD 321-3 (Reece Period 16), BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX. Mint of London, - // PLON. RIC VII, p. 114, no. 275; H. Cloke and L. Toone, The London Mint of Constantius and Constantine (Spink, 2015), p. 268, no. 9.05.025. Dated according to Cloke and Toone.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 321
Date to: AD 323
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.58 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 16.95 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 13th March 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Crispus
Primary ruler qualifier: Probably
Reece period: Period 16 [317-330]
Mint or issue place: Londinium
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Helmeted, cuirassed bust left
Obverse inscription: [CRISPVS] NOBIL C
Reverse description: Altar surmounted by globe inscribed VOT/IS/XX
Reverse inscription: [...]LITAS
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Fourth Century reverse type: BEAT TRANQLITAS
Reverse mint mark: -//PLON
Coin references
- RIC : VII p. 114, no. 275
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Chiltern (District)
To be known as: Chenies
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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